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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo — Recto: Study for the Assumption of the Virgin Verso: Studies of Drapery and two legs
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Recto: Study for the Assumption of the Virgin Verso: Studies of Drapery and two legs

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's preparatory drawing featuring the Assumption of the Virgin on the recto and studies of drapery and legs on the verso. The work demonstrates Tiepolo's masterful technique in pen, brown ink, wash, and chalk.

Medium
Pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk (recto); Black chalk (verso)

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Old Master & British Works on Paper

July 2, 2021

Estimate: $15,000$20,000

Lot 115

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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Recto: Study for the Assumption of the Virgin Verso: Studies of Drapery and two legs

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's preparatory drawing featuring the Assumption of the Virgin on the recto and studies of drapery and legs on the verso. The work demonstrates Tiepolo's masterful technique in pen, brown ink, wash, and chalk.

Medium
Pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk (recto); Black chalk (verso)
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Figure Study, Drapery, Classical, Preparatory, Baroque, Sketch, Religious, Italian, Academic, Ink on Paper

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